The Story of Osaka Castle
- January 3, 1961 (1961-01-03) (Japan)[1]
The Story of Osaka Castle (大坂城物語, Ōsaka-jō Monogatari)[a] is a 1961 Japanese drama film directed by Hiroshi Inagaki, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya.[2] The film is based on historical events taking place in Japan during the beginning of the 17th century.[3]
Plot
The plot is set about a decade after the battle of Sekigahara. Toshiro Mifune's character, Mohei is a contumacious wandering samurai with his very own point of view. He arrives in the city of Osaka to look for new beginning. As a backdrop, there unfolds a conspiracy masterminded by the Toyotomi clan to rein in Lord Ieyasu Tokugawa's ambition for personal domination of Japan.
Cast
- Toshiro Mifune as Mohei[1]
- Kyōko Kagawa as Ai[1]
- Yuriko Hoshi as Senhime[1]
- Yoshiko Kuga as Kobue[1]
- Isuzu Yamada as Yodogimi[1]
- Yosuke Natsuki as Chomonshu Kimura[1]
- Jun Tazaki as Teikabo Tsutumi[1]
- Danko Ichikawa (Sarunosuke Ichikawa) as Saizo Muin[1]
- Akihiko Hirata as Hayatonosho (Hayato) Susukida[1]
- Takashi Shimura as Katagiri Katsumoto[1]
- Koedako Kuroiwa as Nobuo[1]
- Tetsurō Tamba as Sadamasa Ishikawa[1]
- Tadao Nakamaru as Hyogo[1]
- Ryosuke Kagawa as Michiiku Itamiya[1]
- Yu Fujiki as Danuemon Hanawa[1]
- Seizaburo Kawazu as Ōno Harunaga[1]
- Susumu Fujita as Katsuyasu Sakakibara[1]
- Hanshiro Iwai as Toyotomi Hideyori[1]
- Sachi Sakai as Kai Hayami[1]
- Yoshio Kosugi as Gidayu Fujimoto[1]
- Kichijiro Ueda as Jinbei (owner of the equipment shop)[1]
- Chieko Nakakita as Kyoku (of Yae)[1]
- Haruko Togo as woman out of Ono[1]
- Hideyo Amamoto as interpreter[1]
- Junichiro Mukai as Kumoi[1]
- Shoji Ikeda as Chusho Nanjo[1]
- Shiro Tsuchiya as Tosho Horita[1]
- Akira Tani as rice shop owner[1]
- Shin Otomo as Itamiya manager[1]
- Katsumi Tezuka as Shuma Ono[1]
- Senkichi Omura[1]
- Ikio Sawamura[1]
- Koji Uno[1]
- Yasuhisa Tatsumi[1]
- Haruo Nakajima[1]
- Hans Horneff[1]
- Bill Bassman[1]
- Toshiko Nakano[1]
- Osman Yusef[1]
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av Stuart Galbraith IV (16 May 2008). The Toho Studios Story: A History and Complete Filmography. Scarecrow Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-4616-7374-3.
- ^ a b "大坂城物語 : 作品情報". 映画.com (in Japanese). Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "大坂城物語". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
External links
- Ōsaka-jō Monogatari at IMDb
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